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Hue and Cry

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A phrase used in English law to describe a body of persons joining in pursuit of a felon or suspected thief. (French, huée, verb huer, to hoot or shout after; Anglo-Saxon, hui, ho!)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Howitzers
Howleglass
Hrimfaxi
Hub
Hubal
Hubbard (Old Mother)
Hubert (h silent)
Hudibras
Hudibrastic Verse
Hudson (Sir Jeffrey)
Hue and Cry
Hug the Shore (To)
Hug the Wind (To)
Hugger - mugger
Huggins and Muggins
Hugh Lloyd’s Pulpit (Merionethshire)
Hugh Perry
Hugh of Lincoln
Hugin and Munin [mind and memory]
Hugo
Hugon (King)